As a newcomer to using Edition Engraver, and looking at the example files etc., I wondered why they were written with so much repetition. "Perhaps it is just to keep things easy for newcomers like me to understand," I thought.
So I experimented with reformatting using braces as Lilypond does, which seemed the method most likely method. For instance, \editionMod test 1 0/4 Voice \( \editionMod test 1 1/4 Lyrics #(make-music 'ExtenderEvent) \editionMod test 1 2/8 Voice [ \editionMod test 2 0/4 Score \time 3/4 \editionMod test 2 0/4 Score \tempo "Allegro" 4=135 \editionMod test 2 0/4 Voice \p \editionMod test 2 0/4 Voice \< \editionMod test 2 1/4 Lyrics #(make-music 'HyphenEvent) might become \editionMod test { 1 { 0/4 Voice \( 1/4 Lyrics #(make-music 'ExtenderEvent) 2/8 Voice [ } 2 { 0/4 { Score { \time 3/4 \tempo "Allegro" 4=135 } Voice { \p \< } } 1/4 Lyrics #(make-music 'HyphenEvent) } } This is much clearer to me, and it would potentially be much easier to find one's way around the file for maintenance and the addition of new items. I appreciate that one might not necessarily want all entries in the order they appear in the score. Unfortunately, what I wrote doesn't work. Is there any likelihood that something similar to what I have suggested might be added to Edition Engraver in the forseeable future? And how near are we to seeing Edition Engraver included in Lilypond itself? David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user